Solution:

The EDPs may be organized for any one of the following target groups:

(1) Technical and other Qualified Persons:

• This group consists of persons who have pursued technical and allied courses of study. For instance, degree/ diploma holders in science, engineering and technology are an important group in India.

• The government and Semi-Government agencies/institutions operate special entrepreneurial development programs and schemes of assistance for this group.

• The training program for such people may be designed to enable and assist them in setting up their manufacturing units.

• The industries selected for this purpose may be directly related to their qualifications and experience. For example, graduates in electronics may be trained to establish and operate successfully plants for manufacturing TV sets, videos, and other electronic items.

(2) S.C. and S. T. Entrepreneurs:

• The government of India is committed to the upliftment of scheduled castes (S.C.) and scheduled Tribes (S.T.) Therefore, specified percentages of jobs have been reserved for these castes. But all persons from these groups can not be offered employment.

• Therefore, providing self-employment is useful for their economic and social development. Government agencies give preference to S.C. and S.T. entrepreneurs in providing finance and other necessary facilities.

(3) Special Agencies and Schemes:

• The Government of India has established specialized agencies for training entrepreneurs. Special schemes have also been launched to train, develop and assist entrepreneurs.

• Some of the specialized agencies and schemes for entrepreneurial development are given below.

• This program should be conducted in places where necessary infrastructure for training is available and the proximity of the support agencies is assured.

• This would underline the need for proper selection of the trainees. It should be ensured that the trainees show interest in setting up industries. For this purpose, we should think of new techniques to make the process of selection more appropriate.

• Poor involvement on the part of the institutions as also trainees and an incorrect selection of target groups contribute largely to the failure of several EDPs.

• One of the objectives of training should be on changing the attitude and set of mind of young people from security-oriented activities to risk-taking through entrepreneurship development.

(4) Ex-Servicemen:

• Persons who have retired from the army, navy, and airfare constitutes an important group for entrepreneurial training.

• These persons have acquired many useful skills and experience during their service period. They tend to be highly disciplined, hardworking, enterprising and innovative.

• Therefore they can become successful entrepreneurs after proper entrepreneurial training. The Government of India provides special facilities and preferences to rehabilitate them.

• Many ex-servicemen are successfully operating their manufacturing, training, and service enterprises in the country.

(5) Business Executives:

• Some business executives want to start their independent enterprises after getting sufficient business experience. Some of them have certain innovative ideas which they are not able to try in their existing firms due to a lack of sufficient autonomy or authority.

• Some among they are not satisfied with their present economic and social status. After entrepreneurial training senior business executives can become successful entrepreneurs. They already possess knowledge of management.

• What they need is training and support for launching their enterprises.